1 killed in shooting near 83rd, Underwood

Family seeks answers in son's death

One person is dead after an afternoon shooting at an apartment complex near 83rd Street and Underwood Avenue, according to police.

Officers were called to the scene about 4 p.m. Saturday. Police said they found one man at the scene lying in front of the building with an apparent gunshot wound.

An Omaha Fire Department ambulance took the victim, later identified as 23-year-old Jer’ray Moore, to Alegent-Creighton Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Family members said they didn’t know Moore died until hours later. Tricia Moore said her son, the oldest of her 13 children, had his whole life ahead of him, studying business at Wright Carter College.

"We are a praying family, and we know that prayer changes things. It's just hard because he didn’t deserve to die this way, and me being a parent, I want to know what happened to my son and why," said Moore.

Moore said her joy turned to sadness Saturday.

"I sent out balloons yesterday for my mother, not knowing that my son was somewhere dead at the time that I sent out balloons for my mom's birthday," said Moore.

Moore reached out to 911, and hours later, heard what she feared.

"I don’t know what happened to my son. We don’t know who did this. We don’t know why, and nobody is telling us anything," said Moore.

Moore's family is still coming to grips with a new reality.

"He has a 2-year-old brother who's not going to understand where he is and why he's not coming through the door anymore," said Moore. "If somebody knows something, we just want them to come forward and say what happened. We need closure. We need to know what happened."

Police have not released information on possible suspects, but they believe that someone must know something.

The investigation is ongoing.

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